Yunga Life: Before Christmas

In the last few weeks leading to Christmas, we've been quite busy.

We've been extending the driveway a little bit in prevision of the wet season. Digging was the hard part. That soil is like concrete. But it's all done now.

Dug out!

Concreted

I've also started to tidy up the garden, weeding and raking the leaves(26 overflowing wheelbarrows!) , transplanted bromeliads, blood lilies and other plants growing where we couldn't see them, and put them at the entrance near the driveway. I've also sowed flower seeds, hmmm… I've never been good with seeds, but this time I've talked to them while putting them in the ground. Think it helps?

Beautiful blood lillies

Svenne started the "platform project". The staircase is up!

Staircaise to haven...?

We have to mow the lawn once a week now as showers we had lately make it grow overnight. Pity we had to go over the beautiful flowers that pop up everywhere in the grass… It would have been rather nice to have them for Christmas!

Stunning clusters of these everywhere

We had a couple of curlews with their little chick in our backyard.

We had noticed they were nesting in the farmer's paddock, under the tree. But when it was time for the cows to come in and feed on the green grass, the curlews moved closer to our fence.

And one morning, we saw them in our garden, taking turn to sit on the chick and go feeding. We spent a long time watching them and feeding the parents when they came up to us.

Pictures are not easy to snap as they are very cautious. They went somewhere else now, but hopefully they will come back and visit.